Frances now a hurricane with sustained winds of 90 mph. Forecasters now projecting that sometime on Monday it will take a more westerly course which could cause it to pass the Dominican Republic offshore on the Atlantic side. The present projections indicate that the entire Dominican Republic could be affected by this storm, not with hurricane force winds, but with heavy rain and stronger than normal wind, probably beginning late Wednesday evening for the Samana area and continuing on for the rest of the country as the storm heads for the Bahamas. Sosua and Puerto Plata can expect to begin feeling the affects early Thursday morning.
You can see the current 5-day storm track at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0604W5+GIF/252053W5.gif
You can see the current 5-day storm track at http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/ftp/graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0604W5+GIF/252053W5.gif
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